In a surprisingly swear-y, bleep-filled video recently posted to Mercedes-AMG’s official social channel, F1 drivers George Russell, Kimi Antonelli and team boss Toto Wolff all take the all-new AMG GT 4-Door Coupe for a test drive.
George is behind the wheel, naturally. As he unleashes all 1,153 horsepower, Toto Wolff looks visibly uncomfortable while Kimi and George are laughing their heads off. Both drivers immediately agree the new AMG GT accelerates harder in a straight line than the Mercedes-AMG Formula 1 cars they raced at the Canadian Grand Prix.
“This is the fastest car I’ve ever driven in my life,” said George. High praise, given that he’s one of only 22 people on earth who have driven an F1 car as their day job.
Even more absurd: regular drivers like you and me — drivers without the superhuman talent of an F1 driver — will soon be able to buy the new AMG GT 4-Door Coupe. It’s a roadgoing car, with a trunk and rear seats and space for kids and groceries. It’s not some limited-edition hypercar, or one-off tech demo. It’s practical. Heck, it’s even all-electric.
Those paying close attention will have noticed this was all foreshadowed by the AMG GT XX Concept last year, and rumoured to be in the works all the way back in 2022.
It’s also important to note this is entirely new territory for AMG — its first pure EV. As you’d imagine, it wasn’t built for maximum range or ultimate comfort; it was built for all-out performance. And, judging by the reaction of the company’s F1 drivers, we’re going to go out on a limb here and call it early: mission accomplished.
How Fast Is the New AMG GT EV?
In the range-topping GT 63 4-Door Coupe 4MATIC+, drivers get to play with up to 1,153 hp of peak power, 711 hp of continuous output and 1,475 lb-ft of torque, good for 0–100 km/h in 2.1 seconds and a top speed of 300 km/h with the optional Driver’s Package.
Worth repeating: 0-100 km/h in 2.1 seconds. That’s face-warping speed, and it’s not even the craziest stat line here. The sprint from 0-200 km/h takes an absurd 6.4 seconds (with a 1-foot rollout) or 6.8 seconds without. Most SUVs would still be grinding their way up to 100 km/h, but the AMG GT would already be just a speck in the distance.
The GT 55 4-Door Coupe 4MATIC+ is no slouch either. It slots into the lineup with 805 hp peak, 503 hp continuous and 1,328 lb-ft, hitting 100 km/h in 2.5 seconds.
As the car accelerates, a fake V8 roar gets piped into the cabin. Controversial? Yes. But the sound will surely help your brain make sense of the speed.
If you do decide to put these in your driveway, we suggest you become good buddies with your local tire purveyor. This much torque in a machine that weighs nearly 2.5 tonnes will have no trouble making a bonfire out of its tires.
What Magic Is This?
It’s not magic, it’s axial flux. Until now, the auto industry has only used axial-flux electric motors in plug-in hybrid supercars. Ferrari, Lamborghini and McLaren all use axial-flux motors, but always paired with a combustion engine.
AMG, however, is going all-in, ditching the combustion engine and relying on three axial-flux motors. There’s one for each of the rear wheels, and one on the front axle. (The latter can decouple itself to maximize range when cruising on the highway.)
What’s so special about axial-flux motors? They are extremely compact — AMG’s motors here are just 8 cm thick — and deliver high continuous power output and torque density. That means the car can call on its maximum performance repeatedly, rather than fading away after a single hard launch.
What About Driving Range?
This is the first production EV built on AMG’s new high-performance AMG.EA architecture, which the company says was designed with sports cars in mind. The underfloor battery is integrated into the body as a stressed member, but despite that big battery pack, the new AMG GT sits 4 cm lower than its combustion engine predecessor. It’s quite an impressive bit of engineering.
We don’t have U.S. or Canadian driving range numbers yet, but the overly optimistic European WLTP figures vary from around 600 to 700 kilometres. (The huge 100 km spread comes down to wheel and tire choice.)
What Can You Tell Me About the Battery and Charging?
Ah yes, an EV is nothing without some decent driving range. Practicality was high on the agenda here, because this is a four-door coupe.
The car’s battery pack — a large 106 kWh unit on an 800-volt architecture — was developed jointly by AMG’s Affalterbach engineers and Mercedes-AMG High Performance Powertrains in Brixworth. The latter is the same Northamptonshire outfit that builds the brand’s F1 power units.
Rather than the flat phone-style cells stacked into many EV batteries, AMG has gone with tall, skinny cylindrical batteries. Each one is submerged in an oil bath for optimal thermal management, a strategy borrowed straight from the F1 playbook. Why should you care? Well, for starters, it means the battery pack can deliver big jolts of energy, one after another, without fading like a normal pack would. For another thing, high-performance cooling means high-performance charging. On a 600 kW charger, the battery can gobble up enough energy to drive 460 km (WLTP) in just 10 minutes.
If George Russell and Kimi Antonelli’s excitement for this car has got you itching to try it for yourself, we’ve got good news: you won’t have to wait too long. Production of the all-new AMG GT 4-Door Coupe kicks off in Sindelfingen, Germany in summer 2026, so Canadians should start to see AMG’s new electric flagship in dealerships starting later this year or early next.
